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HP DVD Writer 400c HHHEEELLLPPP!

Thieving

Posted 15 October 2005 - 10:57 PM

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[size=3]Hi,I bought new dvd-r disk for making my own dvds with my computer. i bought 16x dish because they were on sale(penny pincher). And after i opened them it said i might have to get new firmware to support writting to 16x disks. Well I do.Iv searched google and hp.com and no luck. i tried to use them anyways but it says please put blank disk into drive. I cant take the disks back and i want to make my dvds can anyone help me

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Posted 16 October 2005 - 09:01 PM

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Also don't reply to your own topic, most of the time I look for 0 replied posts, like most other staff here.

sorry bout that

I have used both -r and +r disks before.There was a notice on the package that said to upgrade your firmware from 8x speed to 16x speed in order to write to these disks. So far i have been unable to find such firmware.

Michael

Posted 16 October 2005 - 09:04 PM

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Posted 16 October 2005 - 09:13 PM

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this is a card that came with the 16x speed dvd-r disks, it says "the new 16x dvd-r disks may not be operational in your drive/recrder unless the drive/recorder firmware is up to date. The firmware upgrade does not increase the speed of your drive but all ows you to record on to the disks.